Frau Oberst Engel: Memoiren einer Amazone aus Napoleonischer Zeit
Title | Frau Oberst Engel: Memoiren einer Amazone aus Napoleonischer Zeit |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 2009 |
Authors | Engel, Regula |
Number of Pages | 195 |
Publisher | Limmat-Verlag |
City | Zurich |
Abstract | Regula Engel (1761-1853), commonly known as the "Swiss Amazon," traveled to battlefields with her husband, who served the French during the Napoleonic Wars in a regiment of Swiss mercenaries. She cross-dressed, disguised as a male officer, and had twenty-one children. When her husband died in 1815, Engel decided to publish her memoir to secure an income and attract potential benefactors. |
Translated Title | Mrs Colonel Engel: Memoirs of an Amazon in Napoleonic Times |
Original Publication | Lebensbeschreibung der Wittwe des Obrist Florian Engel von Langwies... Zürich: Hurter, 1821 |
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